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ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil. 10 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Donchian 채널 돌파 ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -59.1%).

Data 2008-11-25 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 4,467 (17.8 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XASEMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

10 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR -26.5%, drawdown -99.8%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR 9.2%, MDD -59.1%, Sharpe 0.45, 8% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 35.7%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 40.7%p (CAGR 9.2%, MDD -59.1%, exposure 8%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=62, exitN=3
9.2%-59.1%0.450.164.8x728%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=17, atrPeriod=17, mult=3.4
4.3%-64.8%0.290.072.1x327%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=31, k=3.2
4.1%-77.5%0.290.052.0x267%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=18, threshold=29
3.6%-60.1%0.280.061.9x265%
ROC 모멘텀
n=40, threshold=0
-7.6%-92.7%0.11-0.080.2x28439%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.01, maxStep=0.04
-6.4%-95.0%0.11-0.070.3x15236%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=34, slow=182
-5.4%-85.1%0.10-0.060.4x2421%
Supertrend
period=13, mult=3.5
-6.3%-95.8%0.08-0.070.3x11235%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=35, slow=77
-9.0%-93.0%0.06-0.100.2x5836%
MACD
fast=13, slow=59, signal=30
-16.1%-97.8%-0.06-0.160.0x17051%
Buy and hold-26.5%-99.8%-0.09-0.270.0x1100%
0.01 0.1 1x 10x 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Donchian 채널 돌파Buy and hold
Donchian 채널 돌파: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -25% -50% -75% -100% 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 Buy and holdDonchian 채널 돌파
Donchian 채널 돌파 maximum drawdown -59.1% (2020-03-18 → 2025-12-23), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

A new high means a trend starting; a new low means it’s over (turtle-trading style).

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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